Educational Workshops
Interactive Skill Building
Learn in Community
Designed for participants who are seeking active engagement and practical skills to apply in their daily roles.
Our interactive workshops are open to all Rutgers faculty & staff, and align with the university's mission of enhancing the excellence of ideas, innovation, civic debate and learning to build a community that respects and embraces the complexities of all of our parts.
Centering Respect
90 minutes, virtual
This workshop unpacks disrespect and outlines elements and strategies for dignity building, including workshopping practices that support a culture of respect during organizational meetings.
CLARA: A Tool for Navigating Contentious Conversations
75 minutes, virtual
This workshop approaches C.L.A.R.A. (Calm, Listen, Affirm, Respond, Add) communication as a tool for engaging in difficult conversations respectfully. Utilized to facilitate diverse dialogues worldwide, this method builds common ground between people in conversation, allowing more open and honest exploration of differences.
Difference Matters! A Skill Building Workshop
90 minutes, virtual
Learn practical strategies to strengthen communication across difference and create more inclusive environments at Rutgers.
Ideas that Ignite Change: Calm and Center, Listen, & Turn to Wonder
90 minutes, virtual
Explore practical tools for staying grounded, listening deeply, and engaging across difference with curiosity and care in times of tension and conflict.
Speak Up! Bias Prevention Workshop
75 minutes, virtual
Developed in partnership with Learning for Justice, Speak Up! is a call to action for all members of the university community to respond when they observe bigotry and to be vigilant about disrupting personally held bias. Participants will learn how to use the four speak up strategies to speak up against injustice.
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